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4 days ago | 
texarkanagazette.com | Stevon Gamble
TEXARKANA, Texas -- A father's tribute to his son has become a place for young baseball and softball players to grow their skills. Swing Lab Academy opened in January at 5500 N. Comments
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5 days ago | 
texarkanagazette.com | Stevon Gamble
First LNKTXK Waggin' Wiener RunVIDEOAlex Sexton scarfs down one more hot dog a few seconds before the end of the five-minute hot dog eating contest at the Waggin' Wiener Run on Saturday, April 19 2025, outside Hopkins Icehouse in downtown Texarkana, Ark. Hundreds filled the one block of East Third Street between Wood and Walnut streets for the inaugural event, which also featured wiener dog races and a weenie dog costume contest. Community service nonprofit organization LNKTXK organized the event.
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6 days ago | 
texarkanagazette.com | Stevon Gamble
Texarkana Texas Police Department peacefully de-escalate standoff. VIDEOMembers of the Texarkana Texas Police Department tactical team put on their riot gear as they prepare to surround a house where a man was holed up Friday afternoon, April 19, 2025, in Texarkana, Texas. About 3:30 p.m. Friday, police received a report of a disturbance in the 5700 block of Forest Grove, a road off Pleasant Grove Road.
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6 days ago | 
texarkanagazette.com | Stevon Gamble
Gavin Cauley, of New Boston, hurls a disc at the No. 15 basket Friday at Spring Lake Park in Texarkana, Texas. Cauley said he has been playing disc golf for about three years. The par-3, 412-foot Hole 15 is on the north side of the park. Comments
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6 days ago | 
texarkanagazette.com | Stevon Gamble
MURFREESBORO, Ark. -- Early April storms that spawned tornadoes and catastrophic flooding were a windfall for gem hunters in southern Arkansas. Crater of Diamonds State Park, in Pike County, received a little more than 14 inches of rainfall April 2-5. Comments
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1 week ago | 
texarkanagazette.com | Stevon Gamble
Battle of the Badges will be 5 p.m. May 7 at Grady T. Wallace Park in Texarkana, Texas. Investigator Logan Kuepker throws a ball to first base during a fielding drill as Texarkana Arkansas Police Department practiced at Ermer Dansby Pondexter Sports Complex on Wednesday evening, April 16, 2025, in preparation for the third Battle of the Badges.
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1 week ago | 
texarkanagazette.com | Stevon Gamble
TEXARKANA, Texas -- An international student has lost authorization to continue studying at Texas A&M University-Texarkana. The action comes as a reported 300-plus international students in Texas, including nearly 40 in the A&M System, have had their visas unexpectedly revoked by the federal government.
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1 week ago | 
texarkanagazette.com | Stevon Gamble
TEXARKANA, Ark. -- Miller County Sheriff's Office honored its own during a recognition ceremony Wednesday.. Sheriff Wayne Easley distributed awards -- and not a few anecdotes and quips -- to his staff of deputies, jail workers and dispatchers before a nearly packed courtroom at the Detention Center. A highlight was the presentation of the Lifesaving Award to deputy Mason Shepherd. In early April, Shepherd responded to disturbance in and discovered a woman with a cut to her arm.
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1 week ago | 
texarkanagazette.com | Stevon Gamble
Battle of the Badges will be 5 p.m. May 7 at Grady T. Wallace Park in Texarkana, Texas. Firefighter Jake Smith keeps his eye on the ball as members of Texarkana Arkansas Fire Department worked out Monday, April 14, 2025, on Grace Field at Ermer Dansby Pondexter Sports Complex. Smith will be the right fielder for the department's Boom team in the third Battle of the Badges on Saturday, May 7 at Grady T. Wallace Park.
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1 week ago | 
texarkanagazette.com | Stevon Gamble
A fishing float flies as Hiwaunis Spells casts her line into the water at Bramble Park on Monday in Texarkana, Ark. Spells said she was at the park to while away the time. (Staff photo by Stevon Gamble) Comments
